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PRESS RELEASE – Problems from the past and challenges for the future in post conflict Croatia

Published in Tuesday July 13th, 2010 In News

ZAGREB (13 July 2010) – UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik urged on Tuesday* the Croatian authorities to keep moving forward on housing rights issues in the context of the transition and post-conflict recovery, and adopt clear policies to face present and future housing challenges.

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PRESS RELEASE – Croatia: UN expert to focus on housing rights in post conflict Croatia

Published in Thursday July 1st, 2010 In News

GENEVA (1 July 2010) – UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will visit Croatia from 5 to 13 July 2010 to assess housing rights in post-conflict Croatia. This will be the first mission to the country by an expert designated by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination.

PRESS RELEASE – Warning on dire situation of New Delhi’s homeless persons – UN expert on adequate housing

Published in Tuesday January 19th, 2010 In News

GENEVA (19 January 2010 ) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, expressed her concern about the homeless persons that have died from cold recently in New Delhi and the risk to the lives of many others given the harsh weather and insufficient adequate shelters.

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PRESS RELEASE – Lessons of the Post Tsunami reconstruction in Maldives are crucial to design international strategies for climate change adaptation

Published in Thursday February 26th, 2009 In News

(26/02/2009) At the end of her official visit to Maldives (18 to 25 February 2009), the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, pointed out the crucial role the international community must play to support adaptation strategies to face climate change.

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